duke313 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 City playing a 442 tonight, can we just try something different. If we see a midfield 3 of Luiz Ramsey and McGinn I’ll cry. ——————-Martinez——————— Cash — Konsa— Mings—- Young Buendia Luiz Dendoncker Bailey ——————Ings Archer—————— Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 (edited) With the clubs future and the fans best interest at heart, I'm hoping Nottingham Forest win this game and give us a good hiding. A few Reason is: Gerrard gets the sack, we get to enjoy watching football again, Buendia starts, Archer gets gametime and the future looks brighter. End this Misery now for once and for all! Like Henry Hill says in the Goodfellas " “The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime.” So COME ON FOREST! Edited October 5, 2022 by messi11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 11 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: I think you have to keep faith with Watkins. He's the best suited of our strikers to the role as we play it and I think we're more likely to have a successful season by getting him working than by trying to adjust to Ings. He needs confidence and this is an opportunity to get him scoring in a win. Well, it could actually be worse, he could have scored zero goals in eight games, at least he has scored one, phew. But watching the Leeds game on TV even I got frustrated with him (and I've been one of his loyal fans). He really really needs to score again in the next two games, yikes. :s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 11 hours ago, duke313 said: City playing a 442 tonight, can we just try something different. If we see a midfield 3 of Luiz Ramsey and McGinn I’ll cry. ——————-Martinez——————— Cash — Konsa— Mings—- Young Buendia Luiz Dendoncker Bailey ——————Ings Archer—————— Prepare to cry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 13 hours ago, duke313 said: City playing a 442 tonight, can we just try something different. If we see a midfield 3 of Luiz Ramsey and McGinn I’ll cry. ——————-Martinez——————— Cash — Konsa— Mings—- Young Buendia Luiz Dendoncker Bailey ——————Ings Archer—————— No chance. Gerrard is far too busy turning us into a terrible version of Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 1 minute ago, AshVilla said: No chance. Gerrard is far too busy turning us into a terrible version of Liverpool. Even Klopp changed to a 4231 the other night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wedge Posted October 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2022 13 hours ago, messi11 said: With the clubs future and the fans best interest at heart, I'm hoping Nottingham Forest win this game and give us a good hiding. A few Reason is: Gerrard gets the sack, we get to enjoy watching football again, Buendia starts, Archer gets gametime and the future looks brighter. End this Misery now for once and for all! Like Henry Hill says in the Goodfellas " “The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime.” So COME ON FOREST! Maybe buy a season ticket at St Andrews or The Hawthorns mate, they want to see Villa lose as well, you'll fit right in. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan_of_oz Posted October 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2022 Not sure I can watch the game and hope we lose but if Forrest nick this I won't be upset.... I have reached the "Glenn Whelan missing the penalty" point. I didn't want him to miss the penalty until he did, and then I was glad he did... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I think this will be a high scoring game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted October 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 6, 2022 You never know with these things, but I would say a loss (or maybe a draw) and Gerrard is gone, a win and he might be safe for a bit… feels like a stay of execution thought really rather than safety as he’s going to go, it’s just when Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Can the name of this thread be changed to El Sackio? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 14 hours ago, messi11 said: With the clubs future and the fans best interest at heart, I'm hoping Nottingham Forest win this game and give us a good hiding. A few Reason is: Gerrard gets the sack, we get to enjoy watching football again, Buendia starts, Archer gets gametime and the future looks brighter. End this Misery now for once and for all! Like Henry Hill says in the Goodfellas " “The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime.” So COME ON FOREST! I don’t think he will be sacked even if we lose against Nottingham. If the decision to sack was based on football and result reasons, he would have been gone already. If the club came out and said that Gerrard would 100% be gone if we lost against Forest, I maybe reluctantly hope that Nottingham wins. There is no way the club would do that, so I will hope for us to win, since it will be the last match this year where we realistically can hope for a win. The match is on TV, but I’m not sure if I want to watch it. The performance is going to be so bad that even if we win, I will be seriously depressed by the end of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSw Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 If this finishes 0-0/1-1 could both managers get the sack afterwards? Wonder if that has ever happened before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, PeterSw said: If this finishes 0-0/1-1 could both managers get the sack afterwards? Wonder if that has ever happened before We could also see Hassenhutl and Rodgers sacked this weekend too. Edited October 6, 2022 by duke313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Just now, PeterSw said: If this finishes 0-0/1-1 could both managers get the sack afterwards? Wonder if that has ever happened before I don't know if that has ever happened before. It would be a 'sackio classico'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Demitri_C said: I think this will be a high scoring game You are probably right,but which side is going to score all the goals ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 6, 2022 3 hours ago, duke313 said: Can the name of this thread be changed to El Sackio? Done. Went with Sackico (Clasico/Sackico). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 Will be a half chance or a scrum in the box that wins this game. Forest have played both the 352 and the 4231 but more the 352 this season. I expect Cooper to read the scouting report on Villa and go back to the 352. Villa are not a team capable of breaking down the low block so they will clog the middle and we will hit hopeless crosses. But maybe MacPhee can conjure up another set piece routine that will result in a goal. That's the only way I see this scoring. I don't rate any of our options lining up against them. Bailey (if available) will have a tough time finding any space if Forest sit back. Watkins will be running into brick walls. This is a game crying out for Ings and Buendia but will Gerrard have enough sense to see that? I doubt it, but surely he knows that's the right thing to do in the back of his mind. I would not be surprised to see his away lineup that we've seen twice this year. Cash-Konsa-Mings-Young JJ-Luiz-McGinn Buendia-Watkins-Coutinho In Gerrard's mind, this midfield can "control" the game (laughable) and he's going to try and conjure up some magic out of the front three. The problem is - as gifted as Buendia and Coutinho are - you can't just thread the needle with two small players and an inefficient finisher. I would prefer to line up. Cash-Konsa-Mings-Young Buendia-Luiz-Dendocker-Coutinho Archer-Ings You are giving up a lot of defensive solidity with this lineup - but Forest can be got at if you have numbers in their final third. Sadly, I don't think we will ever see this lineup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted October 6, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 6, 2022 Looking like Bailey probably isn't available. Pity for him but could make our line-up more interesting given that Buendia has to start now surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, BOF said: Looking like Bailey probably isn't available. Pity for him but could make our line-up more interesting given that Buendia has to start now surely. Unless he brings back the Watkins-Ings combo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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